Carnival of the Mobilists #76

It is my distinct pleasure to host the seventy-sixth edition of the Carnival of the Mobilists. 

The goal of this carnival (and of blog carnivals in general) is to expose you, dear reader, to other mobile-focued bloggers that you might enjoy.

Each month the carnival's host receives submissions from like-minded bloggers to feature on his or her own blog.  The host is meant to pick a favorite post but there were so many interesting ones that I just couldn't decide.  Sorry!  For more on the Carnival of the Mobilists check out their site.

And on to the posts:

• Ricky Cadden, the Symbian Guru, wants us to know that the GooglePhone is real.  How does he know this?  Because it’s already here.  Check out his post for a solid run-down of Google’s (and Yahoo’s) strategy in the space.
  

• Ted Wugofski also covers Google but from the apps vs. browser angle.  He uses a great term - “intermittently connected” - to describe the kinds of apps made possible by Google Gears (AJAX), Flash, and others.  Always on?  How about, sometimes on...  He’s right on here – browsing is important for mobile, but is it enough?

• Speaking of Mobile Ajax - Ajit Jaokar, Rocco Georgi, and Bryan Rieger have put together the definitive Mobile Ajax FAQ over at the recently re-launched Horizon Channel (Open Garden’s sister site.)  This FAQ is so deep and thorough that it’s impossible to summarize.  Suffice it to say if you have any questions at all about Mobile Ajax, you’ll find your answers here.

• And if you have any questions on how operators handle handset customization - Andreas has your answers.  He writes a long and thoughtful piece at Vision Mobile on a new strategy in handset customization – Container Projects.  No formal announcements or fanfare on this strategy from operators, but Andreas susses out this trend after an in-depth analysis of the current operator-driven handset customization status quo.  Will this new strategy succeed?  The answer may surprise you.

• Jag at Route 79 writes about mobile widgets.  He does so in the super-simple, non-technical style of the rest of Route 79, what Jag calls a “coffee-table London blog site that promotes the use of mobile phone as an everyday tool for assisting in the creation of conversation and art.”  Tapas as an analogy for widgets; I love it.

• From the not-so-technical, to the very much so, C. Enrique Ortiz examines OSGi (from Wikipedia: the OSGi Alliance is an open standards organization that has specified a Java-based service platform that can be remotely managed.)  Enrique looks at OSGi Mobile and it’s place in the mobile Java development environment.

• David Beers has an interesting take on Palm’s latest gadget – the Foleo “mobile companion”.  It’s not a Blackberry or Palm, not a PC or Ultra-Mobile PC – but something in-between.  And it looks like David has found the perfect pitchperson for this new device category – his wife.

• Michael Mace also covers the Foleo in his round up of mobile news.  As far as he's concerned the device competes with the PC and as well it should, as it pretty much is a PC.  "It may be crazy, but it's a craziness I like," he says.  Do you agree?

• Are web 2.0 apps well-suited for mobile devices?  Maybe not, says Malcolm Lithgow.  In Part II of his epic Smart Phone or Mobile Browser saga, Malcolm writes about mobile applications in general, and web-based apps in particular - going through responsiveness, reliability, privacy, and the pros and cons for web 2.0 apps as they address all of the above.

• Sick of the XYZ 2.0 meme?  So is my buddy Rudy De Waele, but it doesn't stop him from reporting back from the Digital Music 2.0 Conference in Barcelona this week with his thoughts on the subject.  Seems like a lot of folks in the industry still aren't feeling the digital and mobile sea-change that is rocking the music world and Rudy does what he can to set 'em straight! 

• Dennis at WAP review has some thoughts on whether mobile WAP start-up Frog is like a set of training wheels for the mobile web.  Dead simple layout, super easy navigation – but only available to users of high-end smartphones?  Dennis explains…

• In this post, Caroline Lewko, CEO of the Wireless Industry Partnership, interviews Earl Lum the founder and President of EJL Wireless Research on the subject of Mobile Advertising.  Earl has a new report on the subject which attempts to cut through some of the hype in this red hot space.

• Chetan Sharma of Always On Real-Time Access writes a great summary of the TiE Seattle’s annual mobile event.  I love posts like this that really make you feel like you were there.  Chetan covers a keynote by Cole Brodman, Chief Development Officer at T-Mobile USA and provides blow-by-blow on a panel of folks from Media, OZ, UIEvolition, and more as they tackle challenges and strategies for mobile content monetization.  This post is filled with great stats as well.

• On the lighter side, Judy Breck discusses the “clickers” that are being tested out in movie theaters to allow patrons to tattle on annoying moviegoers.  She then imagines what this might look like as a mobile app.  Phones being used to stop people from using phones...

• Tim Trent has a bit of a rant on the ban on mobile phones in hospitals (in many parts of hospitals, anyway, according to Tim you can use mobiles in general wards and public areas of most UK hospitals – not so in the US.)  Do mobile phones really upset delicate hospital equipment?  I’m not sure we know.  But Tim certainly does have an opinion!

• Finally, Kiran Bellubbi at SmallDoses writes about being a big believer in the "constant and total collaboration between application developers and carriers."  He may not be filled with love for all of their business practices but carriers are the gatekeepers after all.  And besides, with the looming threat of citywide WiFi carriers may end up way more beholden to application developers than they are now.

It's been a blast hosting this week; thanks for checking out the carnival.  And be sure to catch next week's which will be hosted by the Zach at Symbian in Motion.

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